Contest - Design an anvil stand

[yesteryearforge]

Glenn
If this is a contest what are the prizes
Mike

[Glenn]

Richard
What is the adjustment range of your anvil stand?

yesteryearforge
Not sure, let me think about it.

[yesteryearforge]

Glenn
Just kidding
Mike

[rthibeau]

4" adjustment range....I've had my big anvil on it for over a week now and have punched hammer eyes and done general forging.....it's stable and sturdy. Gotta get a lamp and hammer rack attached to the rear yet.

[Glenn]

Just finished my design of the adjustable anvil stand. 7" of infinate adjustment. Current limits of the anvil face is from 29" to 36" in height. You will have to join us Tuesday for the Blueprints to see the design. It will post here later for entry in the contest. What a reason to join in the Blueprent presentation on Tuesday October 31. Doors open at 8 pm eastern time USA and the show starts at 10pm eastern time.

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[Marc]

Instead of adjusting the height of the anvil, how about the height of the blacksmith? With those bucket stilts, you could conceivably get different buckets for a wide range of adjustability. Just set your anvil at around 40" for the maximum effect.

[RegionalChaos]

Excellent Idea Marc. You're really thinking out side the box .. err.. bucket even...

[Dan OHare]

Glenn, I so want to get in on this... frustrating though as I don't have a scanner or digital camera. Was shopping at the X-Mart with the wife the other day and attempted to purchase a digital camera but the Colonel put the stops to it and told me she thinks Santa might bring me one. All I can do for now is be bad, very very bad so I wind up with as much coal in my stocking as possible I have a very workable design idea incorporating a bottle jack in the bottom of an angle iron frame. The top has a plate for the anvil and is integral to angle which parallels the four legs, inside each other. Slides up and down. Evenly spaced holes in the angle iron line up as adjustments are made. Pins are then inserted and the jack lowered so it does not recieve the stress of blows, it only serves to make adjustments. Hope someone can maybe use this for inspiration. It's a simple settup. Good luck and keep on hammerin'. Dan


Dan, semd me the drawings and I will post them for you. Address is at the bottom of the IFI pages. Glenn

[Ian]

Ferrous,
I'd been thinking along similar lines meself, but using a scissor jack instead of an hydraulic bottle jack, with heavy duty pins to hold the box section (inside thicker box section) stand at increments of 1/2 to an inch. Hydraulics dont often fail but if they do then there's nowt stopping whats being held up from coming down, potentially a toe cutter or worse if your not quick enough with the pins. A scissor jack doesnt have that problem which is why I was thinking of using one.

[Dan OHare]

Ian, "Quick enough with the pins?" No worries mate, the pins is what's holding things up, not the jack. The jack only gets the weight up to where the holes line up and the pins put in then the jack is let off. I'm thinkin' PINS! - 1 inch or so, 25 mm. Some beef for the beast to set on. Two pins, one left, one right, each passing through two legs. No jack failure with things dropping in a hurry. I like the bottle jacks because they are beefy and pump up quickly compared to a scissor jack which is a cheap piece of xxxx. Why crank on one of those when a bottle is so much more dependable, quicker and has smaller space requirements? Also more capacity, better made and not likely to fail. With an automotive scissor jack the question is not IF it will fail, the question is WHEN it WILL fail. I thinksome things are better left in the junkyard because they are purpose built and marginal even in their intended design/purpose. Not to be jumpin all over yer stuff, but I've had headaches with those flamin' scissors- JUNK. Good luck on the World Tour. Will there be a leg in New York? Who's opening the show? Jackal? Keep on hammerin'. Dan